Sir Irvine Patnick

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Conservative MP for Sheffield Hallam who made no secret of his firm views

Sir Irvine Patnick was a Conservative politician who for a decade from 1987
served as MP for Sheffield Hallam, becoming a government whip in 1990. He
lost his seat in 1997, and it is now held by Nick Clegg.

Patnick was a member of the House of Commons Environment Select Committee, and
was deputy chairman of the select committee that scrutinised the 1996
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act, which led to a high-speed rail link between
London and the Channel.

Ever critical of the Labour Party’s leftwing policies in his home county
during his time in opposition, Patnick’s satirical description